Allied Warships

USS Edwards (ii) (DD 619)

Destroyer of the Bristol class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Bristol
Pennant	DD 619
Built by	Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. (Kearny, New Jersey, U.S.A.)
Ordered	16 Dec 1940
Laid down	26 Feb 1942
Launched	19 Jun 1942
Commissioned	18 Sep 1942
End service	11 Apr 1946
History	Decommissioned 11 April 1946. Stricken 1 July 1971. Sold 25 May 1973 and broken up for scrap.

Commands listed for USS Edwards (ii) (DD 619)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Cdr. William LeRoy Messmer, USN	18 Sep 1942	12 Dec 1942
2	T/Cdr. Paul Gordon Osler, USN	12 Dec 1942	2 Sep 1944
3	T/Lt.Cdr. Simon Everett Ramey, USN	2 Sep 1944	17 May 1945
4	Richard Edward Weiss, USN	17 May 1945	11 Apr 1946

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Notable events involving Edwards (ii) include:

17 Mar 1944
USS Iowa (Capt. J.L. McCrea, USN) departed Majoro Atoll as part of Task Group 50.10 which was to bombard Milli Island. The other ships of the task force were battleship USS New Jersey (Capt. C.F. Holden, USN) and destroyers USS Dewey (Lt.Cdr. R.G. Copeland, USN), USS Hull (Lt.Cdr. C.W. Consolvo, USN), USS MacDonough (Cdr. J.W. Ramey, USN) and USS Phelps (Lt.Cdr. D.L. Martineau, USN). Air cover was provided by fleet carrier USS Lexington (Capt. F.B. Stump, USN) escorted by destroyers USS Bancoft (Cdr. R.M. Pitts, USN), USS Meade (Cdr. J. Munholland, USN) and USS Edwards (Cdr. P.G. Osler, USN).

For the daily positions of USS Iowa during this operation see the map below.